Every time i turn on my computer, the blue dell logo, the one that is only
supposed to flash on the screen, stays up for about 5 minutes and then my
computer is slow due to it.  What do i do.

I cant seem to send email out but i can receive and i can also receive  mail
i send to my other email address. Other than that i cant send any. Other
thing my computer is very slow.
Please help?

Hey guys, just a few days ago my desktop went from looking like the
standard xp desktop, to this.  I don't know why the whole thing looks
less sharp, and you can barely see any red.  By pressing the controls
on the front of my LCD the RGB are all on 60, and in properties -->

Please help !
My folder options have been changed so that I can't see the menu bar on the
top of each folder. I tried to fix it from folder options in Control Panel
but it seems to be the solution is somewhere else.

I give up and need help, please. My 10 month old WinXP Pro computer's Disk
Cleanup starts instantly and shows a value of 0 for files to be cleaned in
all catagories. It runs like normal then shuts down like normal but doesn't
actually do anything. It does not analyze drives for ...

I am wondering how to arrange favorites and start menu -> documents -> my
documents.  Right now, my documents are listed in alphabetical order up to a
certain date.  All newer files are dumped haphazardly at the bottom.  I
wanted a way to arrange the documents so they are in ...

Some time ago I downloaded and installed Windows Desktop Search tool (was
installed as an Automatic Update I believe.)  As far as I can tell this tool
is worthless, it seems to perform no vital functions as far as cataloging or
indexing files (seems to be idle most of the time.)

in windows xp explorer, when i drag four small backup files to burn disk (E),
it takes about 4 minutes to complete. this previously took about 10 seconds.
this happens before i click on the disk (E) icon and then click on file to
choose 'write files to disk'. the rest of the ...

I have about 100 laptops that currently go into standby when the lid is closed.
This is the default action for notebooks.
I need to change this for all users that use these laptops.  
Is there a way to deploy a change?

I have Windows XP Home Service Pack 2.
I was installing the backup tool from "CD-ROM Drive:\VALUEADD\MSFT\NTBACKUP"
when I realized the "readme" file said that the BACKUP tool will appear to
work but won't really work if NTbackup is installed on XP Home edition when

One of our directors is experiencing performance problems on his laptop.
The machine is excruciatingly slow when it is connected to any network. Upon
inspection, I noticed that the machine is perfect when not connected. The
machine is only slow when connected. I checked that the ...

All information you enter via the web can be intercepted
Unauthorized sites can add themselves to your desktop (icons)
Unauthorized sites can add themselves to your internet favorites
Your browsing activity can be tracked and monitored

I have a DELL Latitude D820 laptop which operates off of XP.
Recently I have been receiving the following stop error
0x000000D1 (0x90766606, 0x00000002, 0x00000000, 0xF70C10AF)
I have download the Update for Windows XP (KB916595).

I have a continuing problem with my computer which I cannot seem to solve and
it's not easy to describe clearly, so please bear with me.
Whenever I use Windows Explorer, I find that if I perform any actions (for
example, right click for the menu, clicking a menu-bar item, trying ...

Can someone please help me with the following problem? Recently,
Windows XP Pro install that used to be very stable started
experiencing problems - as some time (15mins-2hours on average) passes
after boot, many icons start to disappear or change to generic